BLR‘s 2015 EHSSalary Guide will help you evaluate if you are being paid a fair amount for the responsibilities you are shouldering. In addition, EHS managers can find the information to keep their departments competitive and efficient—paying the right amount to retain hard-to-fill positions but not overpaying on others.

This report will help EHS professionals enhance the value of their programs and performance in the eyes of executive management. In addition, it identifies and links key EHS functions and associated business values, outlines existing methods for enhancing the business value of EHS, and offers practical tools and techniques for selling EHS initiatives to management.

In the last decade, many pros have found a seat at the corporate table. Now it’s your turn.

EHS & Your Business, our quarterly publication for environment, health, and safety professionals, highlights the most important EHS legal developments, strategy, and ROI. Use it to make the business case for EHS at your organization. Normally a Enviro.BLR.com subscriber only benefit, you can get our latest edition today free.

When deciding whether to install an underground storage tank (UST) or an aboveground storage tank (AST) for petroleum or hazardous substance storage, or when managing the daily tank operations, you need to consider the very different regulations related to ASTs and USTs.

These tips—based on federal regulations—will help you make informed decisions related to USTs or ASTs storing petroleum or hazardous substances.

This special report will explain the federal container management rules applicable to both TSDF owners and operators storing hazardous waste in containers and to generators accumulating hazardous waste on-site in containers. The report will address how to determine if a container is empty, the applicability of the air emissions control standards, and satellite accumulation by generators. Included also are compliance tips, questions asked of EPA and the agency’s answers, and a container management quiz.

Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) states are empowered to develop and enforce their own waste management programs – but only if their regs are more stringent than the federal rules. Confusing – Complicated – most definitely! With over 30 years of experience BLR has earned the distinction of being a leader in providing state and federal analysis and guidance to our customers.

This downloadable 61-page special report’s primary focus is on the operations and processes that take place at industrial facilities. These include materials that are often exposed to stormwater during raw material handling and storage, shipping and receiving, and waste treatment, storage, and disposal.

New international laws now target companies that are part of the supply chain that ultimately sell products globally. Read about these laws and the effect they can have on your operation in this special report.

A review of 70 expedited Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) enforcement settlements the EPA reached over the last 15 months with owners/operators (O/O) of bulk storage facilities and onshore oil production facilities shows that noncompliance with 40 CFR 112.7(e)—“no inspection records were available for review” —was the most frequently named violation. Download now for the complete survey report of these 70 expedited enforcement settlements.

The general requirements for Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans at 40 CFR 112.7 include provisions at Section 112.7(h) that apply specifically to “facility tank car and tank truck loading/unloading racks (excluding offshore facilities).” Are you in compliance? Get an important overview of the requirements in this free special report.

Owners and operators of all Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)-regulated facilities must ensure that they have adequate secondary containment to prevent oil spills from reaching navigable waters and adjoining shorelines. The regulations call for secondary containment systems to be described in detail in SPCC Plans. Get in the know with this practical special report.

The 2006 streamlining amendments to the federal Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) program included important provisions for mobile refuelers at non-transportation-related facilities and for oil-filled operational equipment. Read this free report to find out what you need to know.

Developing and implementing your facility SPCC Plan is no small feat. There are numerous requirements for plan content and also additional requirements for carrying out monitoring, recordkeeping, and inspection protocols. Eight common plan deficiencies will be discussed in this paper. Be sure to review your plan to make sure that you’ve covered all bases.

Florida has been delegated authority by the EPA to oversee and enforce the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program, which includes the stormwater permitting program. Whether your activities are industrial, construction, or municipal, this Report will tell you exactly what Florida DEP requires you to do to for these stormwater permits.

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10 Tank Management Tips

When deciding whether to install an underground storage tank (UST) or an aboveground storage tank (AST) for petroleum or hazardous substance storage, or when managing the daily tank operations, you need to consider the very different regulations related to ASTs and USTs.

In this Environmental Daily Advisor video, Kelly Lagana talks with Dave Galt about the new GHS (Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals) standard. Dave Galt is legal editor for BLR’s safety compliance products.

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Recycling

The Bulb Eater® 3 with Intelli Technology® lamp crushing system is the most efficient way to recycle large quantities of fluorescent lamps, while saving up to 20 hours of labor per 1,000 lamps and 80% in storage space. The single model is capable of crushing straight linear lamps of any length, u-tubes, and CFLs into 100% recyclable material.
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Frac Water Reuse

During the development of unconventional gas reserves, water is an essential element in the process of hydraulic fracturing – commonly called “fracing”. With regulations for water use becoming increasingly stringent and operators facing more challenges to secure water sources,Anguil Aqua Systems is working to assist the industry in meeting demand through the reuse of this valuable resource.